Foreign Correspondent
Echoes of Love's Erosion: Joe Chester's Foreign Correspondent
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Every second is a year,
Time feels prolonged and intense, each moment passing seems like a significant duration.
And every day,
Every passing day
Another ice age,
Metaphorical reference to a period of emotional distance and coldness in a relationship.
When your love turns cold.
When affection and warmth in a relationship diminish or disappear.
And life is like erosion,
Life experiences that wear away or diminish slowly, similar to the process of erosion.
Reflected in the iris,
The gradual changes and effects of life reflected in the eyes.
Of a time-lapse lens,
Comparing life experiences to a time-lapse camera, capturing subtle changes over time.
When your love turns cold.
Similar to line 4, when affection fades or disappears in a relationship.
Ghostwriter,
Someone who writes on behalf of another, suggesting a loss of connection or intimacy.
She's not your girl anymore,
The person once close is now distant or disconnected.
And you've taken a fall,
Experiencing a downfall or failure in a relationship.
A foreign correspondent in your own home.
Feeling like an outsider or a stranger in one's own familiar surroundings.
Every time you made a break,
Whenever there was an attempt to move away or break free.
Hiding the tears,
Trying to conceal emotional pain or distress.
You couldn't make it stick,
Unable to maintain the separation or change.
A surrender.
An act of giving up or yielding.
And how you measure all your love,
How love is evaluated, possibly suggesting it fluctuates or changes like the tide.
Advancing and retreating,
Love moving forward and backward, similar to the ebb and flow of an ocean.
Like an ocean,
Metaphorical comparison of love to the vastness and unpredictability of an ocean.
A surrender.
A repetition of the theme of surrendering or giving up in a relationship.
Ghostwriter,
Reiteration of someone who writes on behalf of another.
She's not your girl anymore,
A recurring sense of emotional distance or disconnection.
And you've taken a fall,
Experiencing a downfall or failure in a relationship, repeated from line 13.
A foreign correspondent in your own home.
Continued feeling of being out of place or detached in a familiar environment.
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